1429 9th Avenue SE, Calgary -- (403) 262-2666

Performer Spotlight

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Powder Blues Band

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For over three decades Powder Blues has been Canada’s premier blues band. They mix Swing, Blues, Jazz, Rock & Roll and R & B into their unique sound. This has resulted in an appeal so wide that people from seven to seventy often swing side by side at a Powder Blues concert. Over the years the band has toured ceaselessly throughout Canada, the United States and overseas, spreading the joy of a music that makes people smile and dance.
Though fads come and go Powder Blues has stayed true to its roots. When they first hit the recording scene in late 1979, with their debut album, ‘Uncut’, after nearly two years of wood shedding in Vancouver’s then flourishing nightclub scene, the big record labels shrugged their efforts off as ‘not commercial’, saying there was ‘no market for the blues’.
Undiscouraged, the band pressed the album and proceeded to sell it off stage and deliver it to radio stations. Switchboards at the radio stations lit up with calls asking ‘who’s that?’ and other stations followed suit. After selling nearly 30,000 copies in a matter of weeks, the major record labels entered a bidding war for the right to distribute this ‘non-commercial’ product nationally. RCA won the contract and to date Powder Blues albums have gone on to sell over a million copies worldwide.

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- Seating starts at 7:30pm. Show starts at 9pm.
$10 pre-sale, $15 at the door. General Seating.
Please call 403-262-2666 to make your reservations, or email us your phone number & we will call you.
info@thebluescan.com
The Blues Can... Calgary's premier Live Blues Music room!
YOU keep coming so WE can keep 'em coming!
Thank You Blues-Canners... WE <3 YOU!
Thank you for supporting Calgary's Live Music scene!!!

- Calgary's Finest Saturday Afternoon BLUES JAM, hosted by Mr. TIM WILLIAMS!
3pm-7pm.
A Blues musical experience you'll never forget!
C'mon down to The Blues Can & experience an authentic traditional Blues Jam. Whether you're a musician or a live-music supporter, The Blues Can is where you'll want to be on a Saturday afternoon!

- Seating starts at 7:30pm. Show starts at 9pm.
$10 pre-sale, $15 at the door. General Seating.
Please call 403-262-2666 to make your reservations, or email us your phone number & we will call you.
info@thebluescan.com
The Blues Can... Calgary's premier Live Blues Music room!
YOU keep coming so WE can keep 'em coming!
Thank You Blues-Canners... WE <3 YOU!
Thank you for supporting Calgary's Live Music scene!!!